diff --git a/nb-engine/nb-engine-core/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityimpl/uniform/AdapterResolver.java b/nb-engine/nb-engine-core/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityimpl/uniform/AdapterResolver.java
index 0cbc5d6d6..7e443a5fa 100644
--- a/nb-engine/nb-engine-core/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityimpl/uniform/AdapterResolver.java
+++ b/nb-engine/nb-engine-core/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityimpl/uniform/AdapterResolver.java
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ package io.nosqlbench.engine.api.activityimpl.uniform;
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) nosqlbench
- * 
+ *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
+ *
  *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
+ *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
  * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
  * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
@@ -42,14 +42,11 @@ public class AdapterResolver
         NBConfiguration configSuperset
     )
     {
-        ServiceSelector<DriverAdapterLoader>
-            loader =
-            ServiceSelector.of(name, ServiceLoader.load(DriverAdapterLoader.class));
-        DriverAdapterLoader
-            dal =
-            loader.get()
-                .orElseThrow(() -> new OpConfigError("No DriverAdapterLoader found for " + name));
-        DriverAdapter<CycleOp<?>, Space> adapter = dal.load(parent, NBLabels.forKV());
+        ServiceSelector<DriverAdapterLoader> selector = ServiceSelector.of(
+            name, ServiceLoader.load(DriverAdapterLoader.class));
+        DriverAdapterLoader loader = selector.get()
+            .orElseThrow(() -> new OpConfigError("No DriverAdapterLoader found for " + name));
+        DriverAdapter<CycleOp<?>, Space> adapter = loader.load(parent, NBLabels.forKV());
 
         if (adapter instanceof NBConfigurable configurable) {
             NBConfigModel adapterModel = configurable.getConfigModel();